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I read Bill Simmons article in 2006 and used it to pick Liverpool as my team. YMMV
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Start here. https://sports.vice.com/en_us/artic...-to-pick-an-english-premier-league-team-guide
I read Bill Simmons article in 2006 and used it to pick Liverpool as my team. YMMV
I will look that over. A patient in my office also says there's really good documentaries you can catch about each club. I saw some of one about Swansea City a couple weeks back on NBC and it was really interesting.
Swansea wasn't in the EPL when I was picking a team. They're holding their own against the giant clubs.
Why anyone would choose to be a fan of a club who will never qualify for the champions league is beyond me. If you were born into it or had some kind of connection I could see that.
I just read that Bill Simmons article. Written in 2006, and below is one of the quotes regarding Man City. Billionaire owners help....
"Single Best Reason NOT to Pick Them: They're just not good enough. You don't want a team that's on TV twice a year and might get relegated at any time. Unless you're from there."
A couple of rules for the Champions League for BPL teams.
Arsenal and Bayern must play each other.
Chelsea and Man United get easy as **** groups.
Man City get put in the group of death.
Rinse and repeat every year.
Group B
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PSV (Netherlands)
Man United (England)
CSKA Moskva (Russia)
Wolfsburg (Germany)
Group D
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Juventus (Italy)
Man City (England)
Sevilla (Spain)
Monchengladbech (Germany)
Group F
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Bayern Munich (Germany)
Arsenal (England)
Olympiacos (Greece)
Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)
Group G
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Chelsea (England)
Porto (Portugal)
Dynamo Kyiv (Ukraine)
M. Tel-Aviv (Israel)
It's important to keep an eye out for the CL this year as if one of the teams from England don't make the quarterfinals then the Premier League loses a spot for next year.
Arsenal and Bayern must play each other.
Chelsea and Man United get easy as **** groups.
Man City get put in the group of death.
Rinse and repeat every year.
Group B
----------
PSV (Netherlands)
Man United (England)
CSKA Moskva (Russia)
Wolfsburg (Germany)
Group D
--------------
Juventus (Italy)
Man City (England)
Sevilla (Spain)
Monchengladbech (Germany)
Group F
---------------
Bayern Munich (Germany)
Arsenal (England)
Olympiacos (Greece)
Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)
Group G
-------------
Chelsea (England)
Porto (Portugal)
Dynamo Kyiv (Ukraine)
M. Tel-Aviv (Israel)
It's important to keep an eye out for the CL this year as if one of the teams from England don't make the quarterfinals then the Premier League loses a spot for next year.
Also, wow group D is brutal. In a normal group Sevilla would advance, but it will be a tall task being in a group with Juve and an improved Man City.
Weird weekend in the BPL this week. Liverpool and Chelsea both losing at home. Arsenal needing an owl goal to beat Newcastle. ManU falling in Wales to Swansea. Man City did keep rolling though. At this point, it's looking like they may run away with things. Especially after signing DeBruyne to add to their already impressive attack.
Agreed. I was upset when Liverpool lost, but Chelsea and ManU losing eased the pain.
